Name: "Candidatus Methanosuratus petracarbonis" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pe.tra.car.bo’nis. Gr. fem. n. petra, rock, representing the formation water habitat; L. masc. n. carbo (gen. carbonis), coal, carbon; petracarbonis, pertaining to the coalbed methane well environment

Type strain: V4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Original publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanosuratus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanosuratus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Assigned by: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

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Record number: 1014